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Government

Meet the Candidates 2025: Steven Stoner, Dysart City Council

Steven Stoner Age: 31 Education: graduated from Wapsie Valley High School and Hawkeye Community College with an associate’s degree in Computer and Network Engineering and Administration Occupation: IT Manager at Victor and Montezuma Manufacturing Family: Kelsi Stoner (Hilmer)–wife; ...

Meet the Candidates 2025: Kennan Seda, Traer Mayor

TRAER – The North Tama Telegraph sent candidate questionnaires to both candidates running to be the City of Traer’s next mayor as part of the Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025 city-school election. Incumbent Mayor Pete Holden did not return a questionnaire, while challenger Kennan Seda’s response is ...

Tama County Quilts of Valor recognition, open house set for Nov. 6

TOLEDO – Tama County Public Health & Home Care and Stitch and Go Quilt Club members want to say “Thank you for your service” to all our Tama County Veterans! Tama County Public Health and Home Care will be hosting an Open House Quilts of Valor Recognition on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 10 ...

Owen Eli hired as new Tama County park ranger, conservation tech

OTTER CREEK LAKE & PARK – Tama County has a new park ranger. During the monthly meeting of the Tama County Board of Conservation that took place on Wednesday, Oct. 15, Director Curtis Behrens introduced Owen Eli as the department’s new park ranger/conservation tech. Eli’s first day ...

Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Control Course offered Nov. 12

TOLEDO – Iowa State University and Outreach Tama] County office will host an Ornamental and Turfgrass Pest Control Continuing Instruction Course (CIC) for commercial pesticide applicators Wednesday, Nov. 12. The program provided by the ISU Extension and Outreach Pesticide Safety Education ...

Starting with a spill: Last week’s Tama County Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – Last Monday’s (Oct. 13) Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting started with the making of a puddle on the meeting room floor. As Supervisor Curt Hilmer attempted to open his morning Dr Pepper, the pop foamed, overflowed the top, and dripped down onto the tile. After Hilmer was ...

Ryan and Jamie Madison host Women, Land & Legacy farm tour

GLADBROOK – While the topic of the evening was billed as a chance to learn more about high tunnel production, Tama County Women, Land & Legacy’s (WLL) 53rd event held in late September at Ryan and Jamie Madison’s Mad Acre Farms (MAF) in rural Gladbrook went far beyond the hoop ...

Wulf to chair ag committee

DES MOINES – State Rep. Derek Wulf (R-Hudson) is among the Republican lawmakers whose committee leadership assignments are changing for the upcoming legislative session which begins Jan. 12, 2026. He will now chair the Agriculture Committee after previously chairing Natural Resources. Wulf ...

Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – In the drizzle of Monday morning on Oct. 6, the usual crowd made their way to the Tama County Board of Supervisors’ meeting to discuss the big issues, which this week mostly concerned the roads department. Starting off the meeting was none other than Tama County Engineer Ben ...

Last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting

TOLEDO – The crowd was sparse, and little action was taken at last week’s Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, Sept. 29. It all kicked off, like usual, with Tama County Engineer Ben Daleske giving his report. Daleske said they are finishing up this week on the intersection ...